Table 2.

Pregnancy and child birth history of respondents at Burie District, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 681).

S.N	Variables		Frequency	Percent
1	No of pregnancies (n = 681)	1-2	304	44.6
		3-4	253	37.2
		5-6	101	14.8
		>6	23	3.4
2	No of live births (n = 681)	1-2	317	46.5
		3-4	256	37.6
		5-6	89	13.1
		>6	19	2.8
3	No of alive children (n = 681)	1-2	323	47.4
		3-4	254	37.3
		5-6	90	13.2
		>6	14	2.1
4	History of pregnancy within one year of birth before the index birth (n = 681)	Yes	49	7.2
		No	632	92.8
5	Reasons to become pregnant within one year before the index birth (n = 49)	Need of another child	11	22.45
		Husband disapproval to use modern FP	26	53.06
		Menses not returned to start modern FP	5	10.2
		Sex preference	7	14.29
6	Outcome of previous pregnancy (n = 49)	Terminated by medical abortion	14	28.58
		Terminated spontaneously	5	10.2
		Born alive	30	61.22
7	Current ANC follow up (n = 681)	Yes	67	9.8
		No	614	90.2
8	Status of the current pregnancy (n = 67)	Wanted	8	11.9
		Unwanted	24	35.8
		Planned	3	4.5
		Unplanned	32	47.8
9	Time in which pregnancy occurred after the index birth (n = 67)	<3 months	3	4.5
		3-6 months	2	3.0
		6-9 months	8	11.9
		9-12 months	54	80.6
10	Reasons to be pregnant currently (n = 67)	FP method failure	2	2.98
		Need of another child	10	14.91
		Husband disapproval to use modern FP	22	32.8
		Menses not returned to start modern FP	33	49.3
11	No of children you want to have in life (n = 681)	1	8	1.2
		2-3	82	12
		4-5	385	56.53
		6-7	191	28
		>7	15	2.2